Kenya

It was a 5-day trip to Kenya last Christmas of which, we spent one day in Nairobi, one day in Naivasha, three days in Maasai Mara. We have written exhaustively about our explorations and experiences over the last few months. In order to make it easy for you to locate […]

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Africa Veterans Safari were our tour operators for the Naivasha and Maasai Mara trip. The day we landed in Nairobi, they called us to confirm our tour booking and also advised us to be ready by 8am the next morning, so that we could set out for Naivasha. While still […]

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We were booked for Kenya and Rwanda last Christmas. And the following were the mandatory vaccinations that we had to take for Kenya and Rwanda, both. Polio vaccination and requirements: Polio is a mandatory vaccination for Kenya and Rwanda Tourist from India to Kenya need to take a dose of Oral […]

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We had saved the sunrise safari at Maasai Mara for the last morning…..Despite the full day safari (Read: Full-day Safari at Maasai Mara) the previous day, where the customary Big Five had been sighted along with scores of other precious experiences, we hungered for more. We reasoned, we hadn’t seen […]

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Best time to go to Maasai Mara is obviously when the famous Wildebeest Migration happens. That’s between July to October. Tourists throng here from all parts of the world at this time to see thousands and thousands of wildebeest cross over from Maasai Mara to the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. […]

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Our ‘picnic’ at Maasai Mara was like no other and hence, requires a dedicated post. We were scheduled for the full-day safari that day, and Danielle had told us that he would make sure that our hotel (Read: Review of Keekorok Lodge) packed lunch for us. We didn’t even have to […]

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Danielle, our guide, was keen that we go for a full-day safari in Maasai Mara, reasoning that since we had already seen the Maasai Village (Read: Touring a Maasai Village) and had gone for the Sunset Safari the previous evening, a full-day safari was what would give us an ultimate experience. He reasoned […]

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At Maasai Mara, we were staying at the famous Keekorok Lodge. Famous, because it was the first-ever property to be built right in the middle of the grasslands; has, over the years had scores of celebrities as guests; and is a property that has no fencing. That essentially means, you […]